Social Issues

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Sen. Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania Republican, wants to give tax cuts a 20-year to 30-year budget window. This move will help revive the economy, he said. (Associated Press)

This Sept. 22, 2010 file photo shows bottles of the abortion-inducing drug RU-486 in Des Moines, Iowa. A new study published Tuesday, May 16, 2017, shows medical abortions done at home with online help and pills sent by mail appear to be just as safe as those done at a clinic. The research tracked 1,000 women in Ireland and Northern Ireland, who used a website to get abortion pills by mail and get around strict abortion laws. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) **FILE**

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FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, file photo, writer and political activist, Gloria Steinem speaks to the crowd during the women's march rally, in Washington. At 83, Steinem is a living reminder of the decades that have passed since the U.S. fought a revolution for women's rights, rights that many Americans now feel are under siege. Steinem and three generations of women from an Ohio family who have been active in Planned Parenthood speak to The Associated Press ahead of Steinem's appearance at the state chapter's 100th anniversary celebration on Tuesday, May 16. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

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FILE--In this May 1, 2017, file photo, Portland police disperse people participating in a May Day rally in downtown Portland, Ore. Portland has begun the search for a new police chief--a search that comes as the bureau is struggling with a staffing shortage, its controversial handling of large-scale protests, a recent officer-involved fatal shooting of a black teenager and the adoption of policy, training and accountability reforms required under a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice. (Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP, file)

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FILE- This June 27, 2016 file photo shows Portland Police Capt. Mike Marshman at a ceremony before he is announced as the new Police Chief in Portland, Ore. Portland has begun the search for a new police chief--a search that comes as the bureau is struggling with a staffing shortage, its controversial handling of large-scale protests, a recent officer-involved fatal shooting of a black teenager and the adoption of policy, training and accountability reforms required under a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice. (Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian/Oregon live via AP, file)/The Oregonian via AP)

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In this undated file photo provided by the U.S. Army, then-Pfc. Chelsea Manning poses for a photo wearing a wig and lipstick. Manning, the transgender soldier convicted in 2013 of illegally disclosing classified government information, will remain on active duty in a special status after her scheduled release from prison Wednesday, May 17, 2017. (U.S. Army via AP, File)

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CORRECTS TO CLARIFY THAT SMERCONISH AGREED TO AIR EXCERPTS NOT THE FULL INTERVIEW - FILE - In this April 3, 2017, file photo, Bill Cosby departs after a pretrial hearing in his sexual assault case at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. Cosby says he doesn't expect to testify at his Pennsylvania sexual assault trial. spoke to Sirius radio host Michael Smerconish in an interview being broadcast Tuesday. Smerconish says he agreed to air excerpts of the 82-minute conversation between Cosby and his daughters in exchange for the interview. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) Corrects to say

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Gov. Jay Inslee signs a bill that seeks to bring Washington state into compliance with the federal REAL ID Act, on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, in Olympia, Wash. Washington state already offers enhanced driver's licenses and IDs that require proof of U.S. citizenship and are already valid under the federal law. The new state law keeps that license and, starting in July 2018, will mark the current standard state licenses to indicate they are not REAL ID compliant. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)

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State Rep. Lou Lang, D-Skokie, speaks Tuesday, May 16, 2017, in Springfield, Ill., as he discusses the offer they made last week to negotiate over the non-budget structural changes Gov. Bruce Rauner is seeking. They say the Rauner administration has not responded. Republican Rauner said the House Democrats are trying to create a distraction from progress made on a budget compromise in the Senate. (AP Photo/John O'Connor)

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In this April 27, 2017 photo, Feliciano Reyna, founder of the non-profit Accion Solidaria, speaks during a interview, in Caracas, Venezuela. Accion Solidaria, which began two decades ago as a small clinic and support network for HIV/AIDS patients, has become a lifeline for Venezuelans suffering from all kinds of illnesses. (AP Photo/Fidel Suarez)

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This photo provided by the Syrian anti-government activist group Ghouta Media Center, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a Syrian doctor treating a boy who was wounded by Syrian government forces shelling, at a makeshift hospital in the Hamouriyya neighborhood, an eastern suburb of Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, May 16, 2017. Syrian activists say a number of rockets struck the opposition-controlled suburb, killing several people. (Ghouta Media Center via AP)

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This photo provided by the Syrian anti-government activist group Ghouta Media Center, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a Syrian nurse carrying an injured child who was wounded by Syrian government forces shelling, in the Hamouriyya neighborhood, an eastern suburb of Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, May 16, 2017. Syrian activists say a number of rockets struck the opposition-controlled suburb, killing several people. (Ghouta Media Center via AP)

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This photo provided by the Syrian anti-government activist group Ghouta Media Center, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a Syrian boy who was wounded by Syrian government forces shelling, at a makeshift hospital, in the Hamouriyya neighborhood, an eastern suburb of Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, May 16, 2017. Syrian activists say a number of rockets struck the opposition-controlled suburb, killing several people. (Ghouta Media Center via AP)

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FILE - In this April 3, 2017, file photo, Bill Cosby departs after a pretrial hearing in his sexual assault case at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. Cosby says he doesn't expect to testify at his Pennsylvania sexual assault trial. spoke to Sirius radio host Michael Smerconish in an interview being broadcast Tuesday. Smerconish says he agreed to air an uncut, 82-minute conversation between Cosby and his daughters in exchange for the interview. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2016 file photo, the HealthCare.gov 2017 web site home page is seen on a laptop in Washington. After five consecutive years of coverage gains, progress reducing the number of uninsured Americans stalled in 2016, according to a government report that highlights the stakes as Republicans try to roll back Barack Obama’s law. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that 28.6 million people were uninsured last year, unchanged from 2015. The uninsured rate was 9 percent, not a significant change from 9.1 percent in 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

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Illustration on the pay gap issue by Mark Weber/Tribune Content Agency

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Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts, right, stands with State Budget Administrator Gerry Oligmueller, as he announces during a news conference in Lincoln, Neb., Monday, May 15, 2017, which parts of the state budget he will approve or veto. Gov. Ricketts previously criticized the Legislature's budget as a "gimmick" and insisted on deeper cuts. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

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Miles Treakle, left, of Seattle, holds a sign that reads "Refugees Welcome Ban Trump," as he protests against President Donald Trump's revised travel ban, Monday, May 15, 2017, outside a federal courthouse in Seattle. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Monday in Seattle over Hawaii's lawsuit challenging the travel ban, which would suspend the nation's refugee program and temporarily bar new visas for citizens of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Isra Ayesh, right, of Seattle, who is the organizing director of Americans for Refugees and Immigrants, leads a chant during a demonstration against President Donald Trump's revised travel ban, Monday, May 15, 2017, outside a federal courthouse in Seattle. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Monday in Seattle over Hawaii's lawsuit challenging the travel ban, which would suspend the nation's refugee program and temporarily bar new visas for citizens of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Christopher Lee looks through a window secured by bars towards a barbed wire fence surrounding the building from a conference room at the Minnesota Sex Offender Program in St. Peter, Minn., on March 28, 2017. Lee has been in the program since 2005, four days before he turned 19. An ongoing Associated Press investigation has documented how K-12 schools in the United States can fail to protect students in their care from sexual assault, sometimes minimizing or even covering up incidents. Schools also struggle to help sexually aggressive students, both before and after they do lasting harm. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)